Search Results
The electronic searches identified 387 publications, 10 (2.6%) of which were duplicates (Figure 1). 377 articles proceeded to title/abstract screening with 323 (84%) being deemed ineligible. 54 (14%) full-text articles were retrieved and subjected to another round of screening from which 4 (1.0%) studies were excluded as they were not systematic reviews of interventions and 2 (0.52%) studies did not investigate the induction of labour. Finally, 48 studies (13%) met the a prioriinclusion/exclusion criteria and were included8-55.